If you’re ashamed of FR, I suggest you leave. I think you’d better check your facts. I don’t believe there was a state wide vote that was overwhelmingly approved, I believe the legislature approved it and Perry signed it.
I prefer to stay and fight.
According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, Texas and New Mexico are the only states granting in-state tuition and financial aid to illegal aliens. On the other hand, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama state policies prevent illegal aliens from attending public universities. This week, the California Supreme Court ruled illegal immigrants can attend college at in-state tuition rates.
You are absolutely right HB 1403 was passed overwhelming by the Texas Legislature not by popular vote. There has been at least one revision Bill 1528. The students at Texas A & M have tried to repeal the law but the movement has been squelched because the legislature is the proper venue. I’m not saying that Perry is my candidate. I am saying that this point of expressed view does not deserve to be considered a litmus test because it is a nuanced issue. I have said that I would be very happy to live somewhere where Sarah Palin could run and win and I still hold out some hope but I will sit on my hands before voting for Romney. I don’t want us to savage Perry so badly that he is not viable in case we need him.
“If you’re ashamed of FR, I suggest you leave. I think you’d better check your facts. I don’t believe there was a state wide vote that was overwhelmingly approved, I believe the legislature approved it and Perry signed it.”
You’re correct. This line that he spews about the state of Texas wanting it, is a lie. This bill was covertly passed and the people had no idea until after the fact. We didn’t want it and still don’t. HB 1403 was passed into law at a time when the Democratic Party was about to lose its majority in the Texas Legislature and Republicans did not want the issues of affirmative action or illegal immigration brought up in an election year. During the floor debates, this bill was described as a technical measure that would help constituents and, in its original format, was designed to reward Mexican nationals only.
Both of you are right.
Your being “technically correct” on the legislature does not make Jay’s point incorrect. In fact your response further validates his contention.